The former Cliff Reynolds garage in Whitby St. On the left of the picture is the outline of the rounded roof of the Lex Cinema which  had just been demolished when the picture was taken in 1966. The street on the right is Exeter Street.

On the site of the garage is a newer garage  and where the Lex stood is now The Corporation Club often known as 'The Clippie Club' by local people.

HHTN  120

The front entrance to the Lex Cinema, Whitby Street, Hartlepool

The Lex Cinema - date unknown.

The Lex Cinema - date unknown.

Lex Cinema Whitby Street, Hartlepool

Lex Cinema, Whitby Street, Hartlepool

The projector used in the Lex Cinema, Whitby Streey, Hartlepool

Projector used in the Lex Cinema, Whitby Street, Hartlepool

Surtees Street with Whitby Street running across. Lex Cinema on the left, Rex Thompson on the right. Old Town straight ahead with a wall enclosing the rail track.

Upper Surtees Street and the Lex Cinema, Whitby Street, with its distinctive curved, corrugated roof. The two movies advertised on the side of the building are 'The Silver Whip' (a western), and 'Titanic', both released in 1953.
The large building in the background was The Raglan Hotel.

Whitby Street from the South. Lex Cinema on the left. The Post Office on the right. Railway Station ahead.

Probably taken in the very early 1960s around the time of  the closure of the Lex Cinema, the view shows the BP sign of Cliff Reynolds' garage next door, Bianco's coffee bar on the right, the large General Post Office building and in the distance West Hartlepool railway station.

HHT&N 904

Whitby Street with the Lex Cinema just in shot on the left. Taken in 1955.

From a collection of photos commissioned and gathered by West Hartlepool Council.